Published: 2016
8.25″ x 8.25″ (20.955 x 20.955 cm)
Full color bleed on white paper
202 pages
In the early 2000s, before the introduction of the smartphone, personal digital assistants (PDAs) were widespread. I had a Palm Vx, which had a monochrome screen and on which I installed a graphic app called TealPaint. By today’s standards, the capabilities of the version of TealPaint I had were primitive but i found the constraints of the software and the tiny drawing surface of the Vx ideal for developing intense and extended concentration. My procedure was to draw and erase over and over until something emerged on the screen that was both unexpected and in some way satisfying. I did this for two or three years and accumulated something like 300 of these digital drawings.
In 2016, I collected a hundred of these mini drawings in a book I called Crush, a reference to both what inspired the drawing on the cover and the form factor of the Palm device. The drawings are reproduced at original scale against a tinted background matching the color of the Palm Vx screen.
A limited number of signed and numbered copies are available. Please contact me if you’re interested.
The hard copy is available from Amazon.
The PDF version is available in the Store.